Published 11:33 IST, January 21st 2020

Deepika Padukone's Chhapaak 'look' TikTok video sours Kangana Ranaut's take on her effort

Deepika Padukone who has been under the spotlight has once again courted controversy for allegedly turning her Chhapaak 'look' into a marketing strategy.

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Deepika Padukone who has been in spotlight for a while w has once again courted controversy for allegedly turning her Chhapaak 'look' into a marketing gimmick — a TikTok challenge video. Reacting to same, Kangana Ranaut stated that t her but her sister Rangoli who has been an acid attack survivor was offended by it. As per Kangana, it is t ' a make-up look', and one should t try to achieve it with 'make-up products'. 

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Adding that 'this kind of insensitivity' should be stopped and act needs to be apologized for, Panga actress concluded her statement. After trailer launch of Deepika's Chhapaak, Kangana had thanked entire team for making a film on subject and also stated that trailer reminded her of her sister Rangoli. 

Deepika Padukone faces flak for Tik-Tok video 

" problem with Deepika Padukone endorsing a makeup challenge on Chhapaak is that she treated it as one of her 'looks' and dismissed entire trauma behind it. She proved that it was merely make up for her and she clearly doesn't understand depth of what survivors go through," wrote a Twitter user. This came after Deepika challenged one of TikTok influencers to recreate her acid-attack survivor Malti's 'look' from Chhapaak.

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Directed by Meghna Gulzar, produced by Deepika Padukone, film is based on life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agrawal. film's promotions became controversial on account of Deepika Padukone's sudden drop-in at a JNUSU protest a day after JNU campus witnessed shocking violence, following which a PR campaign leveraging Padukone's pictures from visit was spotted by netizens.

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11:33 IST, January 21st 2020